More on my boxer motor

 

There's still a slight oil seepage from under the pushrod seals,
but I don't feel any air coming out when the motor's running.
So maybe I'll just leave it that way for a while.

Meanwhile I found this BMW R90 chopper in Seattle. No papers
but who cares. I just want the power plant and drive train.

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/mcy/1592459168.html

That could make the Dnepr a bit more lively. I wonder if
I could really pull this off. Seattle's an easy day's drive
and back.

SQ
'06 Zuk S40 / '85 Dnepr MT-11 / various sad cases

 



And give the brakes a *really* hard time :-)


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It *still* makes more sense to buy  larger Japanese motorcycle (at
least 1000 cc's, preferably larger) and bolt a sidecar chassis to it.

If you cobble a BMW/Dnepr monstrosity together, you're very likely to
have to haul it home from a tour when it breaks down due to some bit
of dodgy engineering.

 


On mine, turned out that what I thought was a leaky
pushrod seal was really a leaky oil line.

Headed out to Death Valley this morning and spent the
last couple days scrambling to find a replacement. Before
I was sure I could get the part in time from the dealer, I'd
put out a distress call on a list I subscribe to and got four
offers of a loaner part. Says a lot for fellow riders.

One problem you'd be faced with is coupling the engine
to the drive train. My guess is that you might use both
the engine and transmission and do some kind of drive
shaft fabrication. Definitely not so easy as a chain drive
and not really sure how well the components would line
up.

You'd want to take lots of measurements on the Dnepr
before you committed to this project. Agreed with TOG
that the brakes might not be up to the job.

 

Rob Kleinschmidt wrote:


[Looking through motor assembly manual] [in Russian]
Hi, I can't find anything about an oil line. Where is it
and what does it look like?

TIA, SQ